The day sped by faster than I could comprehend, and after a very brief meeting with Draco on the second floor behind a statue, I rushed up to the girls dormitories, threw my bag on the floor and collapsed onto my neatly made bed. I sighed and smiled into the comforter, it smelled like a mixture of my perfume, Hogwarts, and ink. It was an odd combination but it was homey and since lately my life had been anything other than comforting it was, well, refreshing.

"Don't try to pretend you're sleeping, I wanna hear about that hickey." I heard Josephine say as she plopped onto the bed beside my head. I could practically hear her grin as she spoke.

I rolled over and groaned, peeking out at her through one eye.

"I'm sure you know how people get hickeys, I heard about those that your little boyfriend gave you." I said grumpily curling into a ball and meeting the lazy eyes of Celeste.

"True, but what I mean is, well, how do I put it delicately? Is my little girl a woman? Before me?"

I gasped and sat up. "You think I would do that? With him?"

"Well you guys are married, nothing wrong with it. even if you weren't married, its still ok, you have been together for awhile and I can totally tell you like, love him." She said grabbing her manicure bag and sifting through it.

I blushed and leaned back against the headboard, pulling my knees to my chest and resting my chin on my legs.

"No, we haven't gone that far yet. And I'm not really sure I want to."

"Why not?" she said filing her nails and looking up at me through her newly acquired bangs she had gotten over the summer.

"I don't know, I guess it's if I actually, go all the way it really makes it all more real. And it's pathetic, but I really haven't come to terms with everything yet."

"its not pathetic, all this shit has been thrown at you left and right, and its not like there's a self help book for these types of things, or group therapy sessions."

I couldn't help but to smile slightly to myself, tightening my iron grip on my legs watching her finish up her little manicure session.

"I guess, but it's been awhile, I should be able to cope a little better. And Draco is my husband, Merlin that is so weird to say out loud!" I said laughing.

Josephine joined in my laughter and after that she and I drifted from the conversation and she gave my nails a manicure. Not that there was much she could do since I had essentially bitten my nails down as far as they could without bleeding.

I fell asleep very easily that night, which was odd since normally I would toss and turn for about half an hour until I just conked out without remembering the exact time I fell asleep. Maybe this whole maturity thing had more benefits I hadn't known about.

My dream was amazing. I was in a beautiful tree grove, with bright green grass and small wild flowers dotting the ground. I could hear giggling from all around me, but every time I turned to look at it, there was nobody there. The voices were feminine, and just from that I knew they were beautiful, the voices were enchanting, and I felt myself smiling as I searched for the sources of the laughter, and could feel them hiding. It was like playing hide and seek with my friends as a little child.

I was running now, following the voices until I came to a small pond, with sparkling water and giant rocks scattered within it that you could use to hop across.

I walked over to the water and kneeled down, running my hands through the pleasantly cool water, and gasped to myself when I saw my reflection. My hair was up in a soft bun with thick strands of hair surrounding my face and framing it, and flowers in my hair with a gold clip holding it all in place. I looked down and I was wearing a gorgeous red gown, it was beautiful and hugged my curves without being form fitting. I stood and saw it reached my ankles; it looked like the dresses woman wore in ancient Greece. I looked up quickly when I heard the giggling again, though louder this time.

"It seems the nymphs like you." I heard a masculine voice from behind me.

I turned around and fell my mouth open and eyes widen, before me was the most beautiful man I had ever seen. He was wearing cotton pants that's flew around in the wind, and no shirt, thank Merlin. He looked like he was sculpted from stone, with curly blonde hair and shockingly blue eyes that twinkled in amusement. Most likely at my stunned state.

"Damn you're gorgeous."

"Thank you. That is a great compliment from such a beauty as yourself." He said smiling, bowing theatrically while I could feel my face redden, I had meant to keep that in my head.

"I probably sound stupid, but who are you?" I said dumbly, still staring.

"I, am the God Apollo. The god of prophesy, music, healing, plague, and a few other things. I wouldn't want to bore you with all my good qualities." He said walking over with a devilish smirk, that briefly reminded me of somebody, but I couldn't place it what with my heart beating thousands of times a minute.

"I honestly doubt you could bore me." I said. Why couldn't I keep my damn thoughts in my head!

"That's good to hear. But seeing as I do know all I need to know about me, its only fair you know some tidbits about me."

This is when I came to, slightly.

"Wait, what do you know? Are you stalking me? Not that I'm accusing you of anything, oh Merlin please don't smite me or give me the plague!"

I said I came to, slightly, not completely.

He laughed, and it was the most beautiful sound I had heard, even the nymphs weren't as beautiful. Wait, where did those girls go?

"You don't have to worry about any of that, I wouldn't dream of harming you. You are much to important, at the moment." He said, his eyes twinkling at the word dream.

He lifted his hand and traced his finger along my jaw bone, and I shivered, and couldn't take my eyes away from his gorgeous, gorgeous face. This must be what people when they say, 'built like a Greek Adonis.'

His hand went lower to my breast bone, (breast bone, not breast) and I felt him lift something from my chest.

I looked down and saw him holding the amulet in his bear hands, rubbing his thumb over it, tracing all the curves and indentations.

"Its amazing what a small trinket like this can do when trusted in the mortal world."

I kept staring and looked back up at him.

He looked into my eyes and smiled, secretively.

He yanked on the necklace and the strap broke, as I gasped in surprise. He pulled my arm up and gently opened my hand which I hadn't realized I had been clenching tightly. He held the amulet and kissed its surface gently, and placed it in my hand, as I winced, waiting for the burn. Looking down surprised when it never came.

"I told you, you are too important to harm. Now be careful, the fight for this little trinket will not be easy, and not everyone is as innocent as they seem. Careful, Rose." he whispered into my ear, and I shuddered again.

He closed my fist over the stone and I looked him in the eyes hesitantly, when suddenly his lips pressed passionately against mine and before I could react, I woke up.

I sat up in my bed gasping, a cold sweat covering my entire body. Well, Apollo was the god of prophesy, so maybe this was his fancy way of saying, "be careful, or you might just cause the ruin of the whole world."

And here I thought that my NEWT's were going to be difficult.

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